Machha Besar(Mustard Curry Fish); A Famous Odia Recipe ,Must Try It Right Now

Machha Besar(Mustard Curry Fish); A Famous Odia Recipe ,Must Try It Right Now

This is a typical Famous odia
or oriya food Fish recipescooked in mustard sauce. It goes well with rice.

Machha Besara / Mustard
Curry Fish – for 6

Ingredients
For Machha Besara

Fish
– Rohu or cat fish (2 lb thin steak pieces)

Onion – 1 big sliced

Tomatoes – 2 Medium diced

Potatoes – 1 medium sliced (optional)

Mustard seeds – 50 gms about 10tbsp soaked in water for 2-3 hrs

Garlic – 3 cloves, Ginger – 1 inch

Red chilli powder – 1 tsp, Tumeric powder – 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste, Water – 1 1/2 cup

Oil – about 10 tbsp

Dried Mango – Ambula(2) or curd (1/4 cup)

Coriander leaves to garnish

Method
For Machha Besara

Grind
mustard seeds, ginger and garlic together to a fine paste and keep aside
Wash the fish properly and marinate for 10 mins with 1/2 tsp chilli, pinch of
turmeric and pinch of salt
In a frying pan in medium heat, put 3 tbsp of oil and fry the fish until brown
on each side. Take aside
In a separate deep bottom wide pan, put oil to heat in medium
Add sliced onion, fry until golden in color
Add potatoes and tomatoes and fry for 3-4 minutes
Add the blended mustard paste and fry for 5 minutes until the paste sticks to
the pan and oil seperates
Add turmeric, salt and chili powder
Add water and cover the pan for the water to simmer
Add curd or ambula/Sun Dried Raw
Mango and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.
Add fish to the pan without overcrowding; lay the fish flat in the pan and not
on each other.
Cover the pan and let it boil for 5 mins then turn the fish to cook on the
other side.
Garnish with coriander leaves and enjoy

Machha Besar(Mustard Curry Fish); A Famous Odia Recipe ,Must Try It Right Now
Reviewed by Deepak Kumar Kanungo
on
January 20, 2018
Rating: 5